"It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits
nothing. The words [rhema] that I speak to you are spirit,
and they are life [zoe]. But there are some of you who do
not believe. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who
did not believe, and who would betray Him" (John
6:63-64).

Jesus said, "The words [rhema] I have spoken to you
are Spirit and Life"; however, He added, "There
are some of you who do not believe". We accept some of
the rhema words of Christ, for they are those which produce
faith by the work of the Holy Spirit (Romans 10:17), but we know
few of the rhema words of the Old Testament. However there
are these rhema words there, which were fulfilled by Jesus
during his earthly ministry which allow us to receive life zoe
now.

Rhema is the 'spoken' word, 'pronounced'. The Greek name
rhema comes from the verb rheo meaning 'to announce,
'to pronounce'. This Greek verb refers solely to God’s words
pronounced by the mouths of the prophets of the Old Testament
(Moses is a prophet according to Deuteronomy 18:18):

"Then what was said [rheo] by the prophet Jeremiah
was fulfilled…" (Matthew 2:17),

"John is he who was spoken of [rheo] through the
prophet Isaiah..." (Matthew 3:3),

"You have heard that it was said [rheo] to the
people long ago..." (Matthew 5:21),

"Have you not read what God said [rheo] to you…"
(Matthew 22:31,

"… spoken of [rheo] through the prophet
Daniel…" (Matthew 24:15),

"To Rebekah... she was told [rheo]…"
(Romans 9:12).

The rhema then is the word 'spoken' by Jesus, but also by
God the Father through His messengers (the prophets and the
angels):

"Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word
[rhema] that comes from the mouth of God" (Matthew
4:4),

Thus,
on the cross, Jesus fulfilled the words of Isaiah 53:5, "But
he was pierced for our transgressions… and by his wounds we
are healed" (Isaiah 53:5). They become a rhema
word for us. It is the same for Isaiah 61:1, "The Spirit
of the Sovereign Lord is on me… to preach good news…".
"In that day their burden will be lifted from your
shoulders, their yolk from your neck" this rhema
word from Isaiah 10:27 has been fulfilled by Jesus on the cross
and it is why we can come under the yolk of Jesus (Matthew11:28).
"How the oppressor has come to an end! How his fury has
ended! The Lord has broken the rod of the wicked the sceptre of
the rulers" (Isaiah 14:4-5), for all those who are born
into the Kingdom of God this rhema word is fulfilled. "When
you ascended on high, you led captives in your train…",
this rhema word of Psalm 68:18 is a reality for us. We are
saved from eternal death, but we are also able to now live the
healing of our body and our soul, to be free of the burdens and
the yolks of Satan, to escape the oppression and the captivity of
the devil, to enter abundant life zoe promised by Jesus
(John 10:10).